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rachelarchelaus's review
5.0
This book is so important! If you aren't aware of how the US government works behind the scenes regarding foreign policy, you MUST read this book. It was a complete eye opener and I will never think of this country the same way. Blum does a great job of relaying the facts while making the read enjoyable. There are some tough moments, though. Very real, very necessary to know.
vayeate's review
5.0
Well this was a quite a hard book to read, but totally worth it.
Democracy at it's finest enough said.
Democracy at it's finest enough said.
stevereally's review
4.0
Kind of hard to get through because it's so much of the same grim stuff, but it's enormously valuable.
stephenhunsaker's review
3.5
I would give this a 3.5. The content is hauntingly extraordinary, the layout is quite flawed.
This book outlines in detail the vile doings of the CIA all in the name of ‘democracy’. What the CIA did for decades across the entire globe are nothing short of un-democratic war crimes. They perpetrated terror and violence, removing duly elected officials and replacing them with dictators and tyrants. America really started their colonization of the world after WWII. And why? To stop communism, they were willing to rape, pillage, and murder swathes of people in order to uphold capitalism, not democracy.
This book is infuriating to read but it’s very important information. The way it was laid out though was not conducive to reading, instead of case studies by country it goes by decade and jumps back and forth, making it difficult to piece the whole story together for one country.
This book outlines in detail the vile doings of the CIA all in the name of ‘democracy’. What the CIA did for decades across the entire globe are nothing short of un-democratic war crimes. They perpetrated terror and violence, removing duly elected officials and replacing them with dictators and tyrants. America really started their colonization of the world after WWII. And why? To stop communism, they were willing to rape, pillage, and murder swathes of people in order to uphold capitalism, not democracy.
This book is infuriating to read but it’s very important information. The way it was laid out though was not conducive to reading, instead of case studies by country it goes by decade and jumps back and forth, making it difficult to piece the whole story together for one country.
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